"Sexting" is generally known as sending sexually explicit messages to friends. In 2011, Texas lawmakers and Attorney General Greg Abbott made a push to discourage the practice by changing current laws. A bill carried by state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, working with Abbott, would classify a sexting offense as a Class C misdemeanor for first-time violators under 18. Currently, it ...

A psychologist who has found that 14 death row inmates were not mentally retarded, and therefore eligible for the death penalty, was reprimanded last year by the state board that oversees his profession. Now, defense lawyers argue that judges ordered to review his work in two cases are simply rubber-stamping the psychologist's conclusions.

Former state Rep. Domingo Garcia's campaign for Congress could play an indirect role in a Democratic primary in Fort Worth between longtime state Rep. Lon Burnam and challenger Carlos Vasquez. "Domingo Garcia is the major issue in this race," Burnam said. Garcia's campaign denies playing an active role for Vasquez, but Vasquez sees things differently.

The Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ended Wednesday. Now all sides await a verdict that is expected to land by June. Here's our final roundup of Texas reactions to the last day of the historic hearings.

If what Rick Perrytold us on Tuesday is true — that he's seriously considering another run for governor — he's got his work cut out for him. A new University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll finds 51 percent of Texas voters would be unlikely to support him in 2014. More than half say his run for president has damaged the state's reputation.

The Dallas-based breast cancer prevention group Susan G. Komen for the Cure has halted its financial support of Planned Parenthood, yet another blow to the family planning organization that provides abortions in some of its clinics.

Prosecutors will be able to punish kids who send explicit photos to each other without resorting to putting them on the sex offender registry, under a bill Attorney General Greg Abbott lauded in a press release today.

Two bills regulating teenagers’ sex lives passed on the Senate floor today — one would outlaw “sexting” by minors; the other would exempt young adults caught having consensual sex with a minor from registering as sex offenders.